Song Zihao said, "The main problem is that their gang has too few members. Even Morris only has two thousand men under his command, which is less than a single branch of Hung Hing."
Shen Dong said, "I came here to make money, and I hope Morris won't cause me any trouble."
Shen Dong really didn't want to have anything to do with these gangs anymore.
But ideals are often grand, while reality is often harsh.
Shen Dong had just finished checking in when he received a call from Morris.
"Mr. Shen, I heard you've come to New York. I'd like to invite you to dinner. Would you do me the honor?"
“How could I refuse Mr. Morris’s invitation? After all, our last collaboration was so pleasant. By the way, I only learned today that you have become the most powerful figure among the major families of the New York Mafia. Congratulations.”
"I have to thank Mr. Shen for this. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to kill Ex."
"You're too kind. It's a mutually beneficial and win-win situation for us. Mr. Morris, I've heard that 11 Madison Park is the best restaurant in New York. I wonder if I'll have the chance to dine there?"
The reason Shen Dong suggested going to 11 Madison Park for dinner wasn't because he was really craving food, but because he didn't want to go to Morris's estate.
After all, that's their base of operations.
If Maurice harbors ill intentions, Shen Dong will be in big trouble.
Morris, being the kind of person he was, naturally understood Shen Dong's concerns and smiled, "Of course, no problem. I'll be waiting for you at Restaurant 11 Madison Park tomorrow night at seven o'clock."
Shen Dong said, "No problem."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Dong frowned.
He couldn't figure out why Maurice wanted to see him.
Does this mean that this guy already knows that his son's death is related to him?
That's unlikely.
If he had known, Maurice would probably have come looking for trouble with him long ago.
At 7 p.m., after everyone had finished dinner, they went for a stroll around the World Trade Center.
Li Xinxin and Qiu Ti pulled Shen Dong into the Cartier jewelry store.
Even someone like Shen Dong, who doesn't know much about jewelry, is very familiar with the Cartier jewelry brand.
In this era, Cartier is probably the world's most prestigious jewelry company, bar none.
It will take a few more years before other jewelry brands rise to prominence and challenge Cartier's position.
When the Cartier sales assistant saw Li Xinxin and Qiu Ti's attire, she knew they had important clients and immediately put on a bright smile.
Li Xinxin pointed to a gold bracelet and said, "I remember last time I came here, this bracelet was only $35,000. How come it's now over $60,000?"
The saleswoman said respectfully, "Dear lady, the prices of our gold jewelry are adjusted in accordance with international gold prices. The current price of gold is almost double that before the stock market crash, so the price of our gold jewelry will also increase by almost double."
Li Xinxin said, "It seems that buying it now is not worthwhile."
The waitress said, "You can't say that. Because nobody knows how high the international gold price will rise. This stock market crash has fully proven that gold is the most valuable asset."
Shen Dong, standing next to him, raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's the price of gold now?"
The waitress said, "It's $802. It was $428 before. Some experts believe that the international gold price is likely to break through $1,000 this time."
Shen Dong nodded and said, "Thank you."
At this moment, Shen Dong couldn't contain his joy.
He hadn't originally intended to deal in gold; he just wanted to make some money through Cole Networks stock.
However, because the market value of a single stock is too low, he dares not invest too much, lest it have an impact on the stock.
Therefore, Shen Dong only prepared 600 million US dollars for this trip.
But things are different now.
After the waiter told him that the price of gold had nearly doubled and might even break through the thousand US dollars, Shen Dong suddenly thought of something: the price of gold had never broken through the thousand US dollars throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
He recalled that after the stock market crash, the global economic situation was bad, and the price of gold soared to nearly $900.
Just when everyone thought it could break through $1,000, the price of gold plummeted, dropping to just over $300, before rising to around $500 and becoming strong again.
As long as Shen Dong leaves enough reserves, he can use ten times leverage to short gold.
The sheer volume of gold is so vast that spending billions or even tens of billions of US dollars wouldn't have much of an impact on it.
Even if some international financial giants knew that I had invested money, they didn't have enough money to manipulate the gold futures market.
After returning to the hotel, Shen Dong immediately called Haitang.
During this period, Shen Dong and Haitang did not meet in person, but they frequently talked on the phone.
If the Five Lakes Gang hadn't been established by her father, Hai-Hai, Hai-Tang would probably have resigned from her position as leader long ago and gone to Hong Kong Island to live with Shen-Dong.
"Haitang, I need money, the more the better," Shen Dong said bluntly.
Haitang said, "I can raise 1.5 billion US dollars in one day. Any more than that, and it will probably take a week."
Shen Dong smiled and said, "Fifteen billion US dollars is enough. If successful, this fifteen billion US dollars will become eighteen billion US dollars."
Haitang said calmly, "You know I don't care about these things."
Shen Dong said, "Haitang, don't forget, this money doesn't just belong to you, it also belongs to Haiyuan. I can't let this child suffer a loss."
Haitang said, "It's up to you. How should I give you the money?"
Shen Dong thought for a moment and said, "I will have Merrill Lynch transfer the money to my account through Citibank."
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